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Ohio St. 75 - Nebraska 68

Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-20) vs #23 Ohio St Buckeyes (18-9) Date: Thursday Feb 27th, 2020 Time: 8 p.m. Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,000, 29th largest in D-I) Broadcast: ESPN2 Ohio State Info Head Coach: Chris Holtmann Location: Columbus, OH Conference: B1G Nickname: Buckeyes Mascot: Brutus Buckeye B1G: 8-8 Rotation Depth: 7 Line: Ohio St by 9.5 KenPom rank: 10 Offensive Style: Shooting 3s Defensive Style: Giving you little in the paint Players to watch: Kaleb Wesson The 6'9" 270# dominant Junior center has gotten himself into better shape which means he's playing at a high level for longer in games. The rebounding monster is also shooting 42% from 3. The Huskers will have to guard him all over on the court. K. Wesson is foul prone. Roster points 2 13 CJ Walker 6-1 195 Jr 1 Luther Muhammad 6-3 185 So 4 Duane Washington 6-3 190 So 24 Andre Wesson 6-6 220 Sr 34 Kaleb Wesson 6-9 270 Jr 9.0 Ohio St down to 7 rotation players with Kyle Young and DJ Carton out tonight. Both started against Nebraska back in January. Walker transferred from from Florida St. Will generate steals with his quickness Andre Wesson is also a great 3pt shooter and has played well in conference. Muhammad is a defense first shooting guard 6'3" guard Duane Washington is high volume scorer EJ Liddell is 6'6" and functions as backup at forward. Justin Ahrens is a 6'5" 3pt specialist on this team The Skinny: Ohio St is shorthanded but their starting lineup is still one of the best in conference with everyone capable of making 3s. The Buckeyes maybe run into foul trouble in the first half but overall they should be ok playing 7. Expect Nebraska to make a game of this but not have enough juice to pull it out, regardless of whether or not Cam Mack can play. Prediction: Ohio St. 75 - Nebraska 68 View full article

Turgeon after the game 'I can't believe they made us play this *##& at 8 pm'

Here is something to ballpark consistency if you define it in terms of KenPom's continuity Hoiberg Minute Continuity (at ISU) Year 1 - 30.6% 320 Year 2 - 32.8% 282 Year 3 - 50.0% 178 Year 4 - 27.7% 324 Year 5 - 60.6% 86 Here are those numbers again with "experience" aka how old are the teams Year 1 - 30.6% 320 - Ex 1.81 yrs 153 Year 2 - 32.8% 282 - Ex 1.89 yrs 100 Year 3 - 50.0% 178 - Ex 2.34 yrs 16 (5 seniors on the team) Year 4 - 27.7% 324 - Ex 1.57 yrs 231 Year 5 - 60.6% 86 - Ex 1.99 yrs 83 Seems like he had churn the first two years, got a decent number of returns year 3, graduated a lot of those guys and had to replace them for year 4, and then brought back almost everyone year 5. We seem to be on a similar sort of trajectory as it seems by year 3 we will have a team heavy with Juniors and Seniors even with inevitable roster churn.

On what, HCFH roster turnover numbers at Iowa St?

Not sure if Sallis is a one and done type player but Nebraska in 2021-22 should have a ton of experienced guys to distribute to and potentially an opening for a PG to make that happen.

After reading more about King I think he's more Cheatham than Burke in terms of comparison to current Huskers

It's a concern if one believes the best way to build a program is to have guys for 4-5 years.

I'll let you know if the line moves from -9.5 points Ohio St to -6.5 Ohio St

According to Google Translate, Keisei Tominaga = Left Handed Horn of Cary

Carton has been out all of February and won't play tonight. He played 38 minutes and scored 13 against us last time. Young is a game-time decision after a high angle sprain vs Maryland on Sunday. He played 25 minutes and scored 10 against us last time. Both were in the starting lineup against us on Jan 14th. With all due respect to us seems like Ohio St might err on the side of caution with Young and save him for Michigan on Sunday.

We didn't make his top 5 which isn't surprising He's getting some 'the next Ja Morant' buzz so it's something to see a guy committed to Georgia St end up with higher end offers.

To me with us bringing in Walker, Mayan, Stevenson and Banton next year we are adding the length we need in 2020. I'm probably underrating Sanogo because most of the clips I've watched seems under the rim. He is current ranked as the 9th best center on Rivals for 2021. We are also in on Frank Anselem and Wilhelm Breidenbach for that year and then transfer SZN starts in about a month. At the end of the day I think we're limited for spots we can or will fill with guys who don't shoot from outside and there are no end to dudes out there. We'll see how it works out.

I suspect that is how we are with most everyone. We have certain types and we're not going to sit on our hands and come up empty waiting for a decision. No surprise from that interview that DW knows who he is and what he wants to accomplish. Personality-wise he's he polar opposite of Walt Pitchford.

Think it speaks to the sort of relationship he must have with Matt A and/or HCFH. We'll see what everyone has to say after they can talk about this but I would wonder if they would have landed him at Iowa St had Fred stuck around.

Depends on what year they're going to college. Both are 2021 that could reclassify into 2020. Not sure Sanogo fits all that well here next year because then you have 3 guys who can't shoot 3s for one spot on a team that doesn't foul a ton and might opt to play small ball at times. Sanogo looks solid but he doesn't look like he's walking in and starting over Yvan/Walker good. Would rather see him with another year or else there is always someone else. Whitt I guess depends on whether or what we think will happen with Mack, how we feel about Banton, and what are the chances with Sallis. I don't think we can have too many PGs and if we think Whitt can fit in with what we're trying to do here it seems like you might ask someone to leave if it's 2020 or nothing.

ATM he is. King grabbed #13

He has a medical redshirt from his freshman year. It would appear that he was frustrated with the staff at Wisconsin. It seems like some of the problem was that he committed to Bo Ryan, not Greg Gard. - https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/basketball/men/kobe-king-says-frustration-was-building-with-coach-greg-gard/article_02dae339-204e-5788-a891-c03e908d1b0a.html I think that was something mentioned during his outgoing interviews but it wasn't really a deciding factor. It became a lightning rod. His overarching complaint seemed to be that he didn't think Gard or the staff cared about him

We're due

Our current roster for next year is 3 Seniors 6 Juniors 4 Sophomores (5 counting Easley)

Some of that has to be driven by King himself.